The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-18
Political and Personal.

President Cleveland will spend the last
week Of August at the West Virginia fishing
grounds as the guest OF senator Kenna.
Postmaster General Villas left Washing
ton Wednesday for his home in Madison,
Wis, where he expects to remain some
weeks.
Judge Edward w. Pettus of Alabama, is
now prominently mentioned as the successor
Of Justice Woods ON the United States
Supreme Court bench.
The Acting Attorney General, at Wash
ington, has appointed A. J. Clarke, of
Columbus, O., to be assistant to the United
States attorney for the district OF Utah.
Gen. George Custis Lee, president Of the
Washington and Lee University, Of Vir-
ginia, the oldest son of the late Gen. Robert
+. Lee, is lying dangerously i'll at Ravens
worth.
In passing the accounts Of the late chief
signal officer, Gen Hazen, Second Comptrol-
Ter Butler found that sa7s was due Gen.
Hazen for quarters, but as an offset to part
of this he fonnd an over payment in 1864
of$7
statement prepared at the interior de-
partment shows that from Jan. 16, 1856, to
July l, 1887, there were 255 civil service
appointments made in that department,
exclusive OF ~ transfers and one reinstate-
ment.
An elaborate and handsome memorial,
bound in Turkish morocco, and containing
the signatures of the heads of the treasury
department and bureau officers, has been
sent to ex Secretary Manning as souvenir
Of the sender's appreciation.
George M. Swain, OF Iowa; Arthur A
Holmes, of Indiana; Lucien NJ. Turner, of
Illinoiss John 3. McKiernan, of Penasylva-
MIA, and John r. Stout, OF Ohio, have been
appointed special examiners in the pension
office, under civil service rules.
At Tuscan, Arizona, the anniversary of
GeroniIno's surrender to Gen. Miles has
been set apart as day for the presentation
OF q sword to Gen. Miles. The sword will be
made by Tiffany Il Co., OF New York, at q
cost of $l,0oO. Over 10000 people con-
tributed to the fund.
Bessie Washington Tompkins, daughter
Of third cousin Of Geo. Washington died
Tuesday night at the Grand Hotel New
York city. She was the daughter of George
A. Washington, of Nashville, and wife OF
ex,Judge 7 Tompkins, of Georgia, and was
celebrated for her beauty.
&C. Flood, one Of the California mining
millionaire quartet of Mckay, Fair, Flood
and O'Brien, the most celebrated, perhaps,
Of all the lucky Forty-niners, is lying proba-
bly, upon his death bed at Melno Park, his
residence near San Francisco. His danger
| ous malady Is an abscess in the head.
The conservation Of Archdeacon Pink
ham, the new bishop Of the diocese of Sas-
katchewan, took place in Holy Trinity
church, at Winnipeg, Man., last Sunday
morning. The services were very inn
| pressive, and were witnessed by large
congregation. The bishops of Minnesota,
Mooaonss nskota s9hAppe op Land
| and upwards Of forty clergy were present
Bishop Whipple Of Minnesota preached to a
| large audience in ~. Johns cathedral in
the evening
| Senator Sherman of Ohio, enroute to
Alaska, reached Winnipeg, Man, Monday.
His party consists OF Gen. Robinson, secre
tary of state, Ohio; Col. Chas. NJ. Grosvenor
member Of congress; Amos Townsend, ex
member Of congress, Cleveland, and Judge
Thompson Portsmouth, Ohio. w. b.
scarth, member Of parliament for Winni
| peg and Mayor Stewart OF Ottawa also &C
companied the party. They proceeded
Alaskaward Tuesday.
The Twelve Apostles, will for the rresen,
direct the Mormon church, Wilford Wood
ruff being President thereof It has beer
thought by some that either George g. Can
non or Joseph F. Smith, nephew Of the
original Joseph, would assume the leader
ship. Woodruff is in the regular line o
succession, and his address assuming con
troll would indicate that there was to be nj
departure from the order. Woodruff i.
eighty years old, and q man Of mediocr,
ability. He has been hiding for two years
and is still out of sight save to the faithful
His presidency will not be as vigorous o.
popular as would have been Cannon's ol
Smiths: As matter Of course, the Nor
formal election will take place before mex
April. il then. The apostles, with Taylo
ct the head, ruled three years after Brigham
Yolng's death before Taylor was choser
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